2 Chronicles 33:11

Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֜ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
brought	וַיָּבֵ֨א vai.ya.Ve'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
of	שָׂרֵ֤י sa.Rei	H8269	a head person (of any rank or class) · noun, common masculine plural construct
of	הַצָּבָא֙ ha.tza.Va'	H6635	a mass of persons (or figuratively · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
king	לְמֶ֣לֶךְ le.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
Assyria	אַשּׁ֔וּר 'a.Shur	H804	Ashshur · proper noun, a place name
took	וַיִּלְכְּד֥וּ vai.yil.ke.Du	H3920	to catch (in a net · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
Manasseh	מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה me.na.Sheh	H4519	Menashsheh · proper noun, a man's name
thorns	בַּחֹחִ֑ים ba.cho.Chim	H2336	a thorn · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
him	וַיַּֽאַסְרֻ֙הוּ֙ vai.ya.'as.Ru.hu	H631	to yoke or hitch · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
fetters	בַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִם ban.chush.Ta.yim	H5178	copper · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine dual absolute
carried	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
Babylon	בָּבֶֽלָה ba.Ve.lah	H894	Babel (i.e. Babylon) · proper noun, a place name + directional suffix

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 28:36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and the…
2 Chronicles 36:6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
1 Samuel 13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and i…
2 Kings 23:33 And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of…
2 Kings 25:6 So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
Nehemiah 9:32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little bef…
Nehemiah 9:37 And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and ov…
Job 36:8-11 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 33:11-20

We have seen Manasseh by his wickedness undoing the good that his father had done; here we have him by repentance undoing the evil that he himself had done. It is strange that this was not so much as mentioned in the book of Kings, nor does any thing appear there to the contrary but that he persisted and perished in his son. But perhaps the reason was because the design of that history was to show the wickedness of the nation which brought destruction upon them; and this repentance of Manasseh and the benefit of it, being personal only and not national, is overlooked there; yet here it is fully related, and a memorable instance it is of the riches of God's pardoning mercy and the power of hi…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 33:11

HE IS CARRIED UNTO BABYLON, WHERE HE HUMBLES HIMSELF BEFORE GOD, AND IS RESTORED TO HIS KINGDOM. (Ch2 33:11-19) the captains of the host of the king of Assyria--This king was Esar-haddon. After having devoted the first years of his reign to the consolidation of his government at home, he turned his attention to repair the loss of the tributary provinces west of the Euphrates, which, on the disaster and death of Sennacherib, had taken the opportunity of shaking off the Assyrian yoke. Having overrun Palestine and removed the remnant that were left in the kingdom of Israel, he despatched his generals, the chief of whom was Tartan (Isa 20:1), with a portion of his army for the reduction of Juda…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 33:7

A carved image - "He set up an image, the likeness of himself, in the house of the sanctuary." The Targumist supposes he wished to procure himself Divine honors.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 33:11

Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria,.... Who was Esarhaddon, the son and successor of Sennacherib; this, according to the Jewish chronology (f), was in the twenty second year of Manasseh's reign: which took Manasseh among the thorns; in a thicket of briers and thorns, where, upon his defeat, he had hid himself; a fit emblem of the afflictions and troubles his sins brought him into: and bound him with fetters; hands and feet; with chains of brass, as the Targum, such as Zedekiah was bound with, 2 Kings 25:7, not chains of gold, with which Mark Antony bound a king of Armenia, for the sake of honour (g): and carried him to Babylon; for now the…

Dictionary and topics

Babylon, kingdom of — Called “the land of the Chaldeans” (Jer. 24:5; Ezek, 12:13), was an extensive province in Central Asia along the valley of the Tigris from the Persian Gulf northward for some 300 miles. It was famed…
Bramble — (1.) Hebrew atad, Judg. 9:14; rendered “thorn,” Ps. 58:9. The LXX. and Vulgate render by rhamnus, a thorny shrub common in Palestine, resembling the hawthorn. (2.) Hebrew hoah, Isa. 34:13 (R.V.…
Esarhaddon — Assur has given a brother, successor of Sennacherib (2 Kings 19:37; Isa. 37:38). He ascended the throne about B.C. 681. Nothing further is recorded of him in Scripture, except that he settled certain…
Hook, Hooks — Various kinds of hooks are noticed in the Bible, of which the following are the most important:
Jerusalem — Called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city of Judah” (2 Chr. 25:28). This name is in the original in the…
Manasseh — Who makes to forget. “God hath made me forget” (Heb. nashshani), Gen. 41:51. (1.) The elder of the two sons of Joseph. He and his brother Ephraim were afterwards adopted by Jacob as his own sons…
Thistle — (1.) Heb. hoah (2 Kings 14:9; Job 31:40). In Job 41:2 the Hebrew word is rendered “thorn,” but in the Revised Version “hook.” It is also rendered “thorn” in 2 Chr. 33:11; Prov. 26:9; Cant. 2:2;…
Assyria · Manasseh taken captive to — Manasseh taken captive to
Fetters · Used for securing pri — Used for securing pri
Judgments · Manasseh — Manasseh
Kings · Who reigned over Judah: Manasseh — Who reigned over Judah: Manasseh

2 Chronicles 33:11

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Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 33:11-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 33:11

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 33:7

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 33:11

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2 Chronicles 33:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 33:11-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 33:11

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 33:7

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 33:11

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Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 33:11

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 33:11

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